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Table of contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Previous Work
1.2 Problem Statement
1.3 Scope and delimitations
1.4 Thesis Outline
2 Patient Identification Systems
2.1 Patient Safety at the Point of Care
2.2 Overview of Patient Identification Systems
2.2.1 Barcode Identification
2.2.2 Challenges of barcode technology in healthcare
2.2.3 Radio Frequency Identification
2.2.4 Comparison of Barcode and RFID
2.2.5 Challenges of RFID technology in healthcare
2.2.6 Privacy in RFID
2.2.7 Biometric Identification
2.2.8 Smart Card Identification
2.3 Patient identifiers and numbering schemes
2.4 Using handheld devices in hospitals
3 Wireless Networks in Hospitals
3.1 Using wireless networks in hospitals
3.1.1 Applications of wireless networks in hospitals
3.1.2 Issues when using wireless networks in hospitals
3.2 Wireless network security in hospitals
3.2.1 Security concerns with IEEE 802.11 networks
3.2.2 End-to-End Network Security
3.3 Wireless interference in hospitals
3.3.1 Interference factors
3.3.2 Methods to reduce wireless interference
4 The Patient Identification Prototype
4.1 Prototype features and requirements
4.2 Evaluation of design choices
4.2.1 Hardware choices
4.2.2 Software choices
4.3 Prototype construction and development
4.3.1 Software Design
4.3.2 Hardware Construction
5 Testing the Patient Identification Prototype
5.1 Infrastructure and test-bed configuration
5.2 Use case
5.2.1 Actors
5.2.2 Activity diagram
5.2.3 Process flow
5.3 Using the prototype to identify a patient
5.4 Evaluation of the prototype
5.4.1 Observations and effects on patient care
6 Conclusions
6.1 Future Work
